Review · Updated 17 Oct 2026
Professional Bartender's Suite
Ninety-nine cents once, but the recipes stopped in 2016.
6.1out of 10 with General weights · 4th of 5
| Weights | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| General | 6.1 | 4th |
| Behind the bar | 4.7 | 4th |
| Home bar | 6.6 | 3rd |
| Equal weights | 5.5 | 4th |
In short
Professional Bartender's Suite is a paid app for iPhone, iPad and Apple-silicon Macs with 9,240+ drink recipes in 17 categories. It costs $0.99 once, with no in-app purchases. Its listing says the recipe data runs to 2016, and its latest release, in August 2024, added iOS 17 support.
Best for a one-time-purchase reference for classic and older drinks.
Pros and cons
Pros
- One payment of $0.99, with no in-app purchases and no data collected.
- 9,240+ recipes in 17 categories, browsable by letter, glass, ingredient, and alcoholic or not.
- Finds drinks from the ingredients you have at home.
- Step-by-step instructions for every drink.
- Favorites and a history of recently viewed recipes.
Cons
- Recipe data dates from 2016. The 2024 update only added iOS 17 support.
- One rating on the US App Store, so there's almost no user feedback.
- Apple devices only.
- No custom recipes, unit conversion or batching documented.
- Its listing promises "Consistent updates from social Community of Mixologists", but its version history shows no content update since 2016.
Scores by category
Out of 10. The tick marks the best score among the five apps. What goes into each category
- This app
- Best of the five
The pour test
Professional Bartender's Suite models at 29 seconds for a new Mojito, against 16 for Imbiblia
Modeled seconds from the phone's home screen to the garnish, pouring excluded
- Find the recipe
- Bring it all on screen
- First read
- Look-backs while building
Show the numbers
| App | Find the recipe | Bring it all on screen | First read | Look-backs while building | Total | Touches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imbiblia | 4.4 s | 0.0 s | 5.5 s | 6.0 s | 15.9 s | 5 |
| BarGenius | 4.4 s | 1.7 s | 14.9 s | 7.7 s | 28.6 s | 6 |
| Cocktails Guru | 4.4 s | 1.7 s | 14.9 s | 7.7 s | 28.6 s | 6 |
| Bartender's Suite | 4.4 s | 1.7 s | 14.9 s | 7.7 s | 28.6 s | 6 |
| 8,500+ Drinks | 6.0 s | 3.4 s | 16.2 s | 9.4 s | 35.0 s | 8 |
In the model, finding the recipe takes 4.4 s, bringing all of it on screen 1.7 s, the first read 14.9 s and look-backs while building 7.7 s. It is modeled with Cocktails Guru's page layout, because nothing public separates them.
Touches to reach the recipe
From the phone's home screen, with predictive search after two letters
- Open
- Search
- Type
- Type
- Pick
- Scroll
Filled circles are touches beyond the ones every app needs.
Features
Features the developer names publicly, in a store listing, release notes, its website or a launch post. Anything not described there counts as not documented, even if users mention it.
Bar tools 2.5 of 13
- Not documentedUnit conversion
- Not documentedBatch scaling
- Not documentedDilution in batches
- DocumentedWhat can I make
- Not documentedShopping list
- Not documentedYour own recipes
- Not documentedReusable house syrups
- Not documentedSubstitution ideas
- Not documentedFlavor profiles
- Not documentedPersonal or AI suggestions
- DocumentedFavorites & lists
- Not documentedABV & calories
- PartlyLessons & quizzes
Pro features 0 of 3
- Not documentedTeam & business accounts
- Not documentedPrivate house specs
- Not documentedPublic bartender profile
Specs
- Recipes
- 9,240+ ("updated to 2016")
- Price
- $0.99, no in-app purchases
- Platforms
- iPhone, iPad, Mac with Apple silicon
- Updated
- 24 Aug 2024 (iOS 17 support)
- Rating
- 5.0 App Store (1)
- Privacy
- No data collected